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Cohort Effects in Promotions and Wages

Evidence from Sweden and the United States

Illoong Kwon, Eva Meyersson Milgrom and Seiwoon Hwang
Journal of Human Resources, July 2010, 45 (3) 772-808; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.45.3.772
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    • Abstract
    • I. Introduction
    • II. The Swedish Employer-Employee Matched Data
    • III. Cohort Effects in Promotions
    • IV. Cohort Effects in Wages
    • V. Heterogeneity in Cohort Effects
    • VI. Evidence from the United States
    • VII. Discussion
    • VIII. Conclusion
    • Appendix 1 Three-Digit Occupation Codes
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